Tamás Katona

Tamás Katona
Mayor of Budavár District I, Budapest
In office 11 December 1994 – 18 October 1998
Preceded by	Imre Ligeti
Succeeded by	Gábor Tamás Nagy
Member of the National Assembly
In office 2 May 1990 – 17 June 1998
Personal details
Born	(1932-02-02)2 February 1932 Budapest, Hungary
Died	28 June 2013(2013-06-28) (aged 81) Budapest, Hungary
Political party	MDF MDNP
Spouse(s)	Mária Györki (1956–1981) Klára Barta (1984–2013)
Children	Ágnes Annamária Tibor Elek
Profession	historian, academic

The native form of this personal name is Katona Tamás. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Tamás Katona (2 February 1932 – 28 June 2013) was a Hungarian historian, academic, politician, who served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 1992 and as Mayor of Budavár (1st district of Budapest) between 1994 and 1998. Besides that he represented Vác (Pest County Constituency II) in the National Assembly of Hungary from 1990 to 1994, and functioned as MP from the Hungarian Democratic Forum's Pest County Regional List between 1994 and 1998.

Katona served as president of the Hungarian Scout Association between 1994 and 1998. He was the Hungarian Ambassador to Poland from 2000 to 2002.

Selected publications

• Az aradi vértanúk (Budapest, 1979)
• A korona kilenc évszázada. Történelmi források a magyar koronáról (editor; Budapest, 1979)
• A tatárjárás emlékezete (editor; Budapest, 1981)
• Budavár bevételének emlékezete, 1849 (editor; Budapest, 1989)
• Kossuth Lajos: Írások és beszédek 1848–1849-ből (editor; Budapest, 1994)